Gabriel
In 1841, 0 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 1, Case ID LA-E-4190 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena.
Case Details
| UID | LA-E-4190 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Gabriel |
| Year | 1841 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 0 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 0 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | See image https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-12120; Manuel Jenna Captain died. |
| Sources | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection, BHC0628, by Nicolas Matthew Condy, "The Capture of the Slaver Gabriel by HMS Acorn," 6 Jul. 1841; "A Return of all Vessels, their Names and Tonnage, Captured (on suspicion of being engaged in Slave Trade)," 1840-1848, in “Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, "Appointed to Consider the best Means which Great Britain can adopt for the final Extinction of the African Slave Trade... Session 1850,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 6 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 212-228; Wilfred Tatham, Notes on the suppression of the slave trade. Vice-Admiralty Court, St. Helena, 1840-1872 (unpublished manuscript, St. Helena Government Archives, File 14); Andrew Pearson, Distant Freedom: St Helena and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1840-1872 (Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2016); Andrew Pearson, “St. Helena Vice Admiralty Court,” (dataset donated in 2017), UID: 30; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 2712. |
| Cite as: | Lovejoy, H. B. (2024). Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920. Past & Present, 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae019 Chadha, K. (2024). Regenerated Identities: A Collaborative Web-based Content Management System for Digital Humanities. International Journal of Computer Applications, 186(29), 28–33. https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume186/number29/regenerated-identities-a-collaborative-web-based-content-management-system-for-digital-humanities/ |
Event Details
| UID | LA-E-4190 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Gabriel |
Departure from Africa
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Region | Unspecified |
| Place | Unspecified |
| Enslaved Total | 0 |
Capture
| Date | 1841-07-06 |
|---|---|
| Location | 5°16'0" N., 17°51'0" W. |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Acorn |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships |
Trial
| Sentence Date | 1841-08-19 |
|---|---|
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Date | |
| Region | St. Helena |
| Place | St. Helena |
| Liberated Africans | 0 |
| Registered | 0 |
People Details
No people found.
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